BUT if anyone is around Dec. 20th, I'd be cool with a pre-BlogMeet BlogMeet and meet over at the Rock Bottom on 86th St. as they have tapped an 'almost' Imperial IPA called Old Curmudgeon (a cousin of Old Grouch?) that is worth drinking.

"I saw to what extent the people among whom I lived could be trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly propose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me by their prejudices and superstitions."